@Kyeh@PooltoyWolf@yakkoTDI I haven’t had any in ages, but you never forget that favor/texture. My father introduced us kids to the inexplicably pastel orange delicacy that is the circus peanut.
@PooltoyWolf I guess you’re out of luck in the sharing department so far. But don’t worry, I’m sure there are plenty of haters that’ll pop up to ridicule us soon & would be glad to throw some at…er, share some with…us, so hang in there!
@Kyeh@yakkoTDI I’m almost the opposite! I LOVE how they taste, but I can only eat so many of them in one sitting. Much like the oft-maligned candy corn…
@yakkoTDI I was given a “circus peanut” once. That was enough. I had forgotten that they had the banana nature, but I remembered to avoid them nevertheless.
@Kyeh@Lynnerizer I’m the same way with lemon, i think I’m too much of a wuss with tartness & need something to mellow it out a little. I don’t love it in hot/savory dishes, either, but give me ALL the lemon desserts you can come up with.
@ircon96@Kyeh@Lynnerizer Flashback unlocked!! Cherry lemonade from Steak N Shake 2 blocks from the bicycle shop that started my journey. So delicious and before I discovered how bad sugar is.
@ircon96@Lynnerizer Oh, there IS one lemon candy that I can’t get enough of - it’s Italian turrone nougat (which I think actually has real lemon flavor, not artificial.) But the lemon in it is mellow, not sharp, and delicious!
@craigthom@lisagd The Cavendish monoculture has served the fruit industry well for 70+ years; that’s hardly a massive failure. OTOH, the efforts to breed a replacement ought to have been in full swing in the 1970s, but as long as the Cavendish remained viable, there wasn’t a lot of funding for a program to find a replacement, particularly since the next blight hadn’t yet been identified. Now that the new fungus has appeared, they know what to breed resistance for, assuming the new bug isn’t more generalized than the old one was.
I always thought I didn’t like limes because I grew up eating Life Savers and other artificially flavored candy. It turns out that limes are much better in person.
Grape… As I mentioned in the “discuss today’s deal” thread, scents and tastes can be strongly linked to memories. One whiff or taste of artificial grape flavoring, and I am transported to 1973, making out with Kathy (my pretty high school girlfriend who always wore grape lip gloss!)
Bananananananananana!!!
@yakkoTDI The important thing is knowing when to stop spelling it.
Banana! Give me ALL of your circus peanuts.
@PooltoyWolf I do love those things!
@Kyeh @PooltoyWolf I have a love/hate relationship with Circus Peanuts. They never taste great to me but I can’t stop eating them.
@Kyeh @PooltoyWolf @yakkoTDI I haven’t had any in ages, but you never forget that favor/texture. My father introduced us kids to the inexplicably pastel orange delicacy that is the circus peanut.
@PooltoyWolf I guess you’re out of luck in the sharing department so far. But don’t worry, I’m sure there are plenty of haters that’ll pop up to ridicule us soon & would be glad to throw some at…er, share some with…us, so hang in there!
@PooltoyWolf I’m not a big fan of candy, but I can mindlessly inhale a bag of circus peanuts without even noticing. That’s why I avoid buying them.
@Kyeh @yakkoTDI I’m almost the opposite! I LOVE how they taste, but I can only eat so many of them in one sitting. Much like the oft-maligned candy corn…
@yakkoTDI I was given a “circus peanut” once. That was enough. I had forgotten that they had the banana nature, but I remembered to avoid them nevertheless.
Lime. I was so mad when they got rid of lime skittles and changed them to apple.
@kjady Lime is back as of 2023. Skittles still are not great - but at least I do not need to toss the green ones.
@browncj7 @kjady I have to cull out the purple ones; they make me slightly nauseous. (I can’t eat very many of any of the colors, for that matter.)
strawberry
All right, who’s the joker that was going to say “durian”?
@werehatrack
So good that it’s worth repeating… Lemon!
Pucker up!
@Lynnerizer I love it for baked goods - Safeway has lemon madeleines right now and they’re TOO GOOD! But for candy I like red fruits.
@Kyeh @Lynnerizer I’m the same way with lemon, i think I’m too much of a wuss with tartness & need something to mellow it out a little. I don’t love it in hot/savory dishes, either, but give me ALL the lemon desserts you can come up with.
@ircon96 @Kyeh
And frozen lemon ice things! Like Italian ice or slushy, but WAY BETTER!
Kyeh, red candy is the best except for cherry!
@ircon96 @Lynnerizer I’ll take all the cherry candy and give you all the lemon ones, how’s that.
@Lynnerizer Oh, I’ll share the cherry ones with you, @ircon96!
@ircon96 @Kyeh @Lynnerizer Flashback unlocked!! Cherry lemonade from Steak N Shake 2 blocks from the bicycle shop that started my journey. So delicious and before I discovered how bad sugar is.
@ircon96 @Lynnerizer @yakkoTDI
It does sound good.
Your journey - as a cyclist?
@Kyeh Yes.
@ircon96 @Lynnerizer Oh, there IS one lemon candy that I can’t get enough of - it’s Italian turrone nougat (which I think actually has real lemon flavor, not artificial.) But the lemon in it is mellow, not sharp, and delicious!
Rambutan
@heartny Looks like a tribble mated with a strawberry, but sounds delicious!
@heartny @ircon96
@heartny @ircon96 It’s a relative of the lychee. I could easily have mistaken it for those.
@werehatrack Oddly enough, I was intending to say lychee but couldn’t remember the name so I went with rambutan, which would seem easier to forget.
Banana/ Strawberry
Blue!
Cherry
@Kyeh
This.
Watermelon, duh
Raspberry
Where is “purple”?
Peach (in iced tea packets)
Artificial bubblegum flavor. I’ve heard that real bubblegum fruit tastes better but is hard to find.
I read somewhere that banana flavoring doesn’t taste much like real bananas because it was developed when the Gros Michel was dominant.
It was almost killed off by Panama disease and was replaced commercially by the Cavendish, the banana we eat today.
The Big Mike was tastier and less prone to bruising.
@craigthom And now the Cavendish is in danger of the same fate. Monoculture is seldom a good strategy.
@craigthom we still grow Gros Michel bananas here in the VIrgin Islands. They are a hybrid between GM and the local “fig” bananas
they are also unexportable - each plant yields a hand of 20-30 fruit (Michel plants yielded 60+) and the skins are very thin.
they are delicious. Much tastier than a grocery store tube-of-starch Cavendish.
@craigthom @lisagd The Cavendish monoculture has served the fruit industry well for 70+ years; that’s hardly a massive failure. OTOH, the efforts to breed a replacement ought to have been in full swing in the 1970s, but as long as the Cavendish remained viable, there wasn’t a lot of funding for a program to find a replacement, particularly since the next blight hadn’t yet been identified. Now that the new fungus has appeared, they know what to breed resistance for, assuming the new bug isn’t more generalized than the old one was.
mango
none
I always thought I didn’t like limes because I grew up eating Life Savers and other artificially flavored candy. It turns out that limes are much better in person.
@lisagd they crave the limelight.
Artificial watermelon, FTW.
Artificial cherry, FTL*
*for the loss!
Oh, also pineapple
Strawberry.
Buy American
Grape… As I mentioned in the “discuss today’s deal” thread, scents and tastes can be strongly linked to memories. One whiff or taste of artificial grape flavoring, and I am transported to 1973, making out with Kathy (my pretty high school girlfriend who always wore grape lip gloss!)
Dragon fruit. Inspired by my trip to Whole Paycheck and Fruit Ninja.
@heartny You found dragon fruit candy?
@Kyeh Not at Whole Paycheck. If I remember where I saw it I’ll let you know. Maybe the Ebisu Life Store?
@heartny It looks like there’s a Hi-Chew mix with dragon fruit, kiwi and acai flavors. Hmmm.
@Kyeh Ooh, that sounds very yummy!
@heartny Available at World Market and Safeway, and of course Amazon. I might have to try them.